Hose-supporter.



H. SCHOTTENFELS.

HOSE SUPPOBTER.

APPLICATION FILED Amm. me.

Patented Aug. 6, 19m

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, HENRY scHoTTENrELs-oFN-nw YORK, N. Y." i

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Be it'known that L'HENRY SorrorfrnnrELs, a-citizen of the United States, and a resident ofthe city of New York, boroughof Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hose-Supporter, of which the'following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to hose supporters and it has for its general objects to improve the construction of devices of this character so as to be comparatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture, reliable and eiiicient in use, comfortable to the wearer, and capable of being laundried, so as to be kept in a sanitary condition.

A more specific object of the invention is the provision of a hose supporter of that type embodying a pad having depending hose-engaging means, and a band or legembracing element, the novelty residing in the construction of the pad and hose-engaging means, and also in the leg-embracing element.

With such and other objects in view, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be setforth with particularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hose supporter shown in use;

Fig. 2 is a detail view of the pad portion of the supporter with the front or outer hose-engaging tab'thrown upwardly; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 3-3, Fig. 2, with the front tab down in normal position.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the hose supporter and B the hose which is supported thereby. The supporter A comprises a pad or body 1 which has depending therefrom the front and back tabs 2 and 3 for engaging the hose B, and attached to the body at one side are a pair of tapes 4 and 5 of cotton or other material, each of sufficient length as to extend around the leg, and preferably the free ends of the tapes are tied into knots 6. The portion of the body 1 opposite from that 'to which the tapes are fastened has a button hole 7 through which the tra@ and Off 9.1.1@ Der@ is inserted? and 5V Speciiicationof Letters lPatent.V l i then the free ends of both tapes are tied into .e

a bow 18,"the tapes being drawn comfortably tight about theleg-at a point above the calf. The body y1"is"preferably made-of-two pieces of'cotton or-oth'erf cloth 9 'and 10,:as shown in Fig. 3, cach piece being approximatelyv triangular, iandthe tabs1'2 andf 31are strip-like integral extensions. The tapes 4: and 5 are inserted between the pieces 9 and 10, and the two pieces are sewed permanently together by stitches 11 following around the margin. The tape-like extensions are doubled back on themselves so that the tabs 2 and 3 will be loops, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, the free ends of the strip-like extensions being held between the pieces 9 and 10 by the stitching 11. Both double portions of the tab2 have a common buttonhole 12. The inner turned-back portion 13 of the tab 3 has a buttonhole 14, so that when the base 15 of an ordinary collar button 16 is inserted in the tab 3, the outer portion of this tab, which is not provided with a buttonhole, forms a protection between the collar button and the flesh of the wearer. f The buttonhole 12 of the front tab is engaged around the head of the collar button after said head is placed under the hose, whereby the hose will be gripped by the collar button and the buttonhole 12.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and method of operation will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation, together with the article which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the article shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A hose supporter comprising a body having hose-engaging means, a pair of tapes fastened to the body and adapted to extend around the leg, and means on the body with which the free end of one of the tapes engages, the free ends of both tapes being tied together in leg-embracing position.

2. A hose supporter comprising a body, a pair of non-elastic tapes fastened at one paint te the bedr Said bedr having a but' Patented Augi, 1918.

" Appiication medAprii 24,1918. seriainofzsoaae.

tonhole at a portion opposite from the point of connection of the tapes, and the tapes having knots on their free ends, whereby either tape can be inserted through the buttOIlhole and the free ends thereafter tied into a bow, and hose-engaging means on the body.

A hose supporter comprising a body made of two pieces of fabric formed with depending tab forming extensions doubled backen themselves, with the free ends of the extensions fastened to the body, one tab hav- .ing a buttonhole extending entirely therethroughand the other tab having a buttonhole in its folded-back portion, and a fastener secured in the last-mentioned buttonhole and with which the first-mentioned buttonhole is adaptedv to eoperate for securing the supporter to a hose.

4. A hose supporter of the class described Comprising a body formed of two pieces of fabric stitched together around their margin and having registering tabs integrally connected therewith, and a pair of tapes fastened between the said piecesat one portion,

.there-being `a,buttonrhole extending through vboth pieces at a point opposite from where the tapes are fastened thereto. A

' Y HENRY SCHOTTENFELS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained :for five `oents each, Vby addressing .the Commissioner of Eatentm Washington, JID. C. 

